Planter



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A. s. HOUOK.

PLANTER.

Patented 0a. 11,1881;

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1 PLANTEB.

Patented 001;. 1.1.1881.

UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICEO AUSTIN S. HOUGK, OF BEDFORD, IOWA.

PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,180, dated October 11, 1881.

(No model.)

To all who'mtt may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN S. HoUcK, of Bedford, in the county of Taylor and Stateof Iowa,.have invented certain Improvements in Corn-Planters; and I'hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specifieation, in which--- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved planter. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal-section view on the line :10 m of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail to be referred to.

My invention relates to that class of cornplanters wherein two listing-plows are secured to a frame mounted on wheels and provided with the necessary appliances for draft purposes.

- My invention. consists in certain details of construction and combinations of devices, as hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A A are the main timbers of the frame, mounted on axle a and wheels B B, and provided with a drivers seat, G. Across the frame, and through the front ends of the timbers A A,extends a bar, I), the ends of which project out beyond the central line of the peripheries of the wheels B.

On the extreme ends of rod 1) are journaled the beams E E oftwo listing-plows, F F, where they are secured by nuts (I (I. Short metal sleeves e e and bearingnuts ff are interposed between the beams and the timbers A A on bar Z), so that the plows are maintained in a position directly in front of the wheels.

Midway between the timbers A, on the bar I), is pivoted the tongue Gr, having a bifurcated end. Between the end of the tongue and the timbers A metal sleeves g g surround the bar I) and prevent the tongue from changing position laterally.

Inside the bifurcated end of the tongue and around bar I), is journaled one end of a bent adjustable clevis, H, which passes downward and forward, and then upward, endingin a square loop, Z, which is larger vertically than the tongue and surrounds it, so the tongue has a free vertical play in it. The clevis H is provided with a series of holes,i v3, for adjusting purposes, as hereinafter described. After the plow-beams E E pass the point where they are secured to the ends of bar b they are bent sharply in toward the central clevis, H, and secured thereto by means of the bolt h, which passesthrough their ends and through one of the holes 71 in the clevis.

A red, I, having a curved bifurcated end clasping the clevis at n, passes rearwardly to the axle, where it is pivoted to a crank-arm, 0, projecting from a sleeve, K, which surrounds the axle, and is provided with a bent lever, 19, which is within reach of the driver. By throwing leverp forward the bar or red I'forees the clevis upward, and with it the ends of the beams, thereby throwing the points of the listing-plows upward more or less, as may be desired.

The double-tree is tobe attached to the clevis H by means of one of the holes 2' 1'.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a planter, the pair of listing-plows provided with beams E, bentforward of the wheels and their ends brought together at the center, in combination with the bar b, to the ends of which the beams are pivoted, the tongue G, having a bifurcated end, the central bent clevis, H, provided with a loop, I, through which pro ects the tongue, and sleeves e and g, all constructed, arranged, and operated as set forth.

2. The bent clevis H, red I, and lever P, in combination with the loose sleeve K on the axle, and provided with crank-arm 0, for the purpose set forth.

AUSTIN S. HOUGK.

Witnesses:

H. B. APPLEWHAITE, R. K. EVANS. 

